European Council, European Commission. EU-Western Balkans Summit. (Tivat – Montenegro). General theme of the summit ‘Shared prosperity and stability of the EU and the Western Balkans’. - Progressive integration and the Growth Plan: assessment of the progress made in the progressive integration of the Western Balkans into the EU and ways of taking it further, in particular through the Growth Plan for the Western Balkans (economic integration, regional economic cooperation, reforms and investment). - Security and defence: strengthening the armed forces of the Balkan countries through the ‘Peace Facility’, reinforcing the resilience of these countries to cyber and hybrid threats through ENISA, the 'European Democracy Shield' and the Rapid Alert System against disinformation.
EU Council. ‘Justice and Home Affairs’ Council (Luxembourg). *Justice: - Parenthood: policy debate on a proposal for a regulation on the recognition of parenthood in cross-border situations. - ‘Justice’ programme 2028-2034: approval of a partial mandate for the new ‘Justice’ programme (judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters and judicial training, promoting the independence and impartiality of the judiciary), which will form part of the next Multiannual Financial Framework. - European Public Prosecutor’s Office: update on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (Council Presidency and Chief Prosecutor). - Russia: Presidency update on the fight against impunity for crimes committed in Ukraine. - Hate speech: lunchtime debate on hate crimes and hate speech. - Any other business: presentation by the Commission of the 2026 Justice Scoreboard; Commission plans for international agreements with third countries on cooperation with Eurojust; Ireland’s presentation of the work programme for its future Presidency of the Council. - ‘A’ items: acts or measures to be adopted without debate: https://aeur.eu/f/m2n
EU Council. Informal meeting of the ministers responsible for Cohesion Policy (Nicosia). Work sessions: - The right to stay: the role of cohesion policy in encouraging people to remain in their place of origin (prospects for growth, employment, etc.); - Island regions: specific problems of island regions in the light of the future ‘EU Islands Strategy’.
EU Council. Informal videoconference meeting of health ministers. – Ebola outbreak: Ministers will discuss the recent Ebola outbreak in Central Africa and additional preparedness and coordination measures among member states to address it. The meeting will also give them an opportunity to prepare for the Health Council meeting on June 16.
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Coreper I. - Coreper II. - Working Party on the United Kingdom. - Antici Group (simplification). - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/m3r
Monday 8 June
EU Council. Informal meeting of defence ministers (07-08/6 - Nicosia)(see EUROPE 13882/5). General theme: Priorities of the Common Security and Defence Policy - Current and emerging security challenges: defence preparedness and EU responses in a changing security environment.
EU Council. Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (and 09/06 - Luxembourg)(see EUROPE 13882/11). *Transport: - Cars: Presidency progress report on the regulation on clean corporate vehicles. - Decarbonisation: exchange of views on “Decarbonisation efforts in the transport sector beyond 2030”. (updates on the EU legal framework for decarbonising transport following the amendment of the ‘Climate Law’; revisions planned for 2026 and 2027 of the AFIR, Refuel EU Aviation and FuelEU Maritime guidance issues on reducing emissions in the transport sector). - Transport strategies: adoption of two sets of conclusions on European Industrial Maritime Strategy and EU Ports Strategy respectively. - Any other business: information from the Presidency on the progress of coordination and reaction measures in the transport sector, the progress of work on the proposals relating to the Weights and Dimensions Directive on the maximum authorised weights and dimensions for vehicles used in road transport, the ‘technical inspection’ package and the Regulations on Air Passenger Rights and Enforcement of Passenger Rights in the EU; information from the Commission on the ‘passenger’ legislative package. - ‘A’ items: acts or measures to be adopted without debate: https://aeur.eu/f/m6u
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Coreper II. - Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom). - Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA). - Antici Group (simplification). - Nicolaidis Group. - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/m7b
European Parliament. Committee activities (Brussels): - LIBE: 2025 report of the European Data Protection Board; exchange of views with the Commission and experts on the consequences of Islamic extremism on the European way of life (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/m79 ). - INTA-LIBE: presentation of the report on the monitoring and control of drug precursors and repeal of two regulations (rapp. N. Bay and B. Sienkiewicz) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/m78 ).
European Court of Auditors (Luxembourg). Publication of a special report on the Western Balkans Investment Framework - EU funding for transport in the Western Balkans.
Tuesday 9 June
EU Council. ‘Transport, Telecommunications and Energy’ Council (and 09/06 - Luxembourg)(see EUROPE 13882/8). *Telecommunications: - Digital identity for businesses: definition of a political agreement (general approach) on the regulation on the creation of European digital identity portfolios for businesses. - Digital networks and cybersecurity: presentation by the Presidency of two progress reports, one on the proposal for a Digital Networks Act (development of infrastructure) and the other on the cybersecurity package (ICT supply chain, strengthening of ENISA, simplification of certification schemes and certain provisions of the SRI 2 directive). - Technological Sovereignty: exchange of views on the technological sovereignty of European public administrations in the context of the EU’s strategic autonomy and the reduction of excessive dependence in critical areas. - EU-ITU cooperation: exchange of views on strengthening cooperation between the EU and the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with a view to the digital transformation. - Competitiveness: working lunch on ways to ensure EU competitiveness and sovereignty in satellite connectivity. - ’A’ items: acts or measures to be adopted without debate: https://aeur.eu/f/m6u
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Political and Security Committee (PSC). - Working Party on the United Kingdom. - Antici Group. - Justice and Home Affairs Advisers. - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/m7a
Wednesday 10 June
European Council, European Commission. 11th EU-South Korea Summit (Brussels). - Competitiveness: launch of an EU-Republic of Korea Competitiveness Alliance.) - Cooperation: review of the progress made since the last Summit; deepening of bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, defence and security, digital technologies, energy and research. - Geopolitical news: exchange of views.
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Coreper I. - Coreper II. — European Union Military Committee (EUMC). — Political and Security Committee (PSC). - Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom). - Budget Committee. - Justice and Home Affairs Advisers. - Financial Services Officers. - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/m7c
European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners (Bruxelles). - Orientation debate on the ETS review (von der Leyen). - 2027 Draft budget (von der Leyen). - Islands and coastal communities package (Fitto): *Communication on coastal communities. *Communication on islands.
European Parliament. Committee activities (Brussels): - BUDG: presentation of the draft EU budget for 2027 by Commissioner Piotr Serafin (Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/m77 ).
Thursday 11 June
EU Council. Eurogroup meeting (Luxembourg). *Regular format: - Macroeconomic and fiscal developments in the euro area. - IMF review of euro area policies. - Any other business. *Extended format: - IMF Issues Paper - Economic and energy security in the EU. - European technological sovereignty. - Any other business.
European Central Bank. Governing Council meeting (Frankfurt). Monetary policy decisions.
Court of Justice of the EU (Luxembourg). #Judgments: - C-81/24 (Jenec - is a bank’s refusal to open a bank account to a consumer who is on a foreign sanctions list but has never been convicted by national or international courts for the acts for which he is on the list justified under EU law?) #Conclusions: - Joined Case C-706/25 and C-707/25 (Comeri and Sidilli - validity under EU law of the 2023 Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Albania on the detention and repatriation of third-country nationals). - 631/24 P (Commission/Auken and Others) and C-632/24 P (Commission/Courtois and Others - Commission’s appeal against the General Court’s judgment finding that the Commission had not granted the public sufficiently broad access to the contracts and documents concerning the Commission’s advance purchase of vaccines to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic).
Friday 12 June
EU Council. ‘Economic and Financial Affairs’ Council (Luxembourg). - CBAM: adoption of a ‘general approach’ on the proposal to strengthen the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) by extending its scope to more downstream products and introducing new anti-circumvention measures. - Market integration and supervision: political debate on the legislative package on market integration and supervision (Savings and Investment Union). - European Semester: presentation by the Commission of the ‘European Semester’ spring package. - Stability and Growth Pact: various decisions. - Ukraine: economic and financial consequences of the war. - Economic recovery in Europe: implementation decisions for Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain under the Recovery and Resilience Facility. - Taxation: approval under A items of the biennial ECOFIN report to the European Council on tax issues and of the conclusions on the progress made by the EU Code of Conduct Group for business taxation within the same timeframe. - ‘A’ items: acts or measures to be adopted without debate: https://aeur.eu/f/m6x
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Coreper I. - Coreper II. - Trade Policy Committee (Generalised System of Preferences). - Working Party on the United Kingdom. - Safety Committee (Safety Certification Committee - SCC) - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/m7e
